The Nexus 4 is not a value phone (although it may be good value for features/price).

I would suggest something more like Samsung Ace 2 or Nokia 520 (both just over £100, not £250 like the Nexus 4). To go from a £60 feature phone to £250 smartphone is far too big a leap for many people.

Re: I want to like the BBC

OK, I'll bite.

Firstly no-one is forced to pay for the BBC. You are completely free to not have a Television. Some people I know have no TV, they don't seem either culturally deprived or overjoyed at their freedom. It's not a big deal.

Secondly the TV license pays for a service of TV channels, radio channels, catch up service and websites.

When you pay the fee you can access the services legally. The channels are still there whenever you want to watch them.

I am pretty sure the iPlayer time restrictions are to pacify commercial rivals.

I would agree that the BBC should be better at making archive material more widely available.

However the people involved in this material (actors, writers etc.) are due fees whenever their material is shown.

Should the BBC produce less new material to cover these fees from the TV license?

How popular are more repeats (archive material) at the expense of new content?

How should the content be released?

Would the BBC invoke costs for curating/preparing such a release?

I think the most reasonable thing BBC could do for archive material is;

1. have a regular archive slot (probably on BBC4) - they do show some archive material already

2. Allow older content (5 years+) to be downloaded or streamed for a small fee (99p per episode) via iTunes/Amazon/YouView/wherever

Wrong in so many ways

Freeview space is already over-used. We need the space to be used less efficiently to give better picture quality.

The high costs of entry to Freeview already encourage channels to be as profitable as possible. Hence why "niche" channels don't last long before moving towards more general entertainment to get more viewers.

The most financially efficient usage of the space is probably shopping channels and we don't need any more of them.

It would also be nice if programme makers didn't have to sacrifice £200M of their budget to the government.

Not yet IMO

1. IPTV downloading. Its mentioned in the spec but not yet implemented. Downloading gets over the problem of slow or erratic broadband.

2. Online portal. They really need the reverse EPG on a website, even if each programme just links to the relevant iPlayer, 4od page. I know they are targetting the TV but this would build the brand image and be fairly simple and useful

3. Tablet apps. They also need to create a YouView client (online and downloading) for tablets. A lot of IPTV is low (video) quality. It doesn't need to be on a 42" plasma, an iPad or Nexus tablet would work just fine.

4. A cheap box (£50 or less) that is YouView IPTV only. I have enough Freeview boxes/TVs but I can't watch itvPlayer, 4od or Demand 5 on my smart TV. Maybe add an SD or USB slot for download storage

Oh, a POPPY

All I want is a set top box that allows IPTV content to be downloaded at decent quality. YouView may be what I am looking for. I believe it will include a HDD but they may be for recording broadcasts only.

My smart TV has iPlayer and Blinkbox built in, but no downloading. I'm at the mercy of my ISPs service to be able to watch something without seeing Buffering... and the quality can be poor.

I would even accept a forced advert each 20 minutes or so. Sometimes it seems like they want people to illegally download stuff.